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An Ontario strip club that was the impetus for a law against so-called dwarf-tossing is at it again. The law never passed, so Leopard's Lounge & Broil, in Windsor is holding another dwarf-tossing contest Saturday.

"Uncle Leos has invited back our little friend for the party of the year," says the club's Facebook page.

"All skill levels of dwarf tossers are welcome to attend this event (from rookies to veterans to dwarf-tossing pros)."

Dwarf-tossing involves bar patrons throwing a little person volunteer, usually dressed in padded clothing, onto a mattress. Participants compete to see who can throw him or her the farthest.

Leopard's Lounge hosted a similar contest in 2003, which prompted area MPP Sandra Pupatello to introduce a private member's bill to make the activity illegal.

"This evening in my riding, a particular establishment is actually planning an event that includes dwarf-tossing. My community is up in arms. My phones have been besieged. The community is outraged that this event should be allowed to happen," Pupatello said to the legislature in June of that year.

The Dwarf Tossing Ban Act proposed a fine up to $5,000 and/or imprisonment up to six months for anyone who organizes or engages in a dwarf-tossing event, but it never got past first reading.

In his Golden Globe acceptance speech for Game of Thrones earlier this month, actor Peter Dinklage name-checked Martin Henderson and encouraged the audience to Google the name. Henderson is a four-foot-two aspiring actor in Britain who was badly injured after being tossed by a drunk man outside a pub in England, in October.